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Date: Jul 10 09:29 2017

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SOFIA to Make Advance Observations of Next New Horizons Flyby Object On July 10, researchers using NASAs Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, will attempt to study the environment around a distant Kuiper Belt Object, 2014 MU69, which is the next flyby target for NASAs New Horizons spacecraft. Read more __________________

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Date: Jul 7 10:35 2017

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New Mysteries Surround New Horizons' Next Flyby Target NASA's New Horizons spacecraft doesn't zoom past its next science target until New Year's Day 2019, but the Kuiper Belt object, known as 2014 MU69, is already revealing surprises. Read more __________________

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Date: Jul 6 12:31 2017

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Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 is at Opposition (42.275 AU) on the 7th July 2017. __________________

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Date: Feb 2 17:55 2017

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New Horizons Refines Course for Next Flyby NASA's New Horizons spacecraft completed a short propulsive manoeuver Wednesday to refine its track toward a New Year's Day 2019 flyby past 2014 MU69, a Kuiper Belt object (KBO) some 6.4 billion kilometres from Earth. Read more __________________

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Date: Oct 18 22:03 2016

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New Horizons: Possible Clouds on Pluto, Next Target Is Reddish The next target for NASA's New Horizons mission - which made a historic flight past Pluto in July 2015 -- apparently bears a colourful resemblance to its famous, main destination. Hubble Space Telescope data suggests that 2014 MU69, a small Kuiper Belt object (KBO) about 1.6 billion kilometers beyond Pluto, is as red, if not redder, than Pluto. This is the first hint at the surface properties of the far-flung object that New Horizons will survey on Jan. 1, 2019. Read more __________________

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Date: Aug 28 20:32 2015

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NASA's New Horizons Team Selects Potential Kuiper Belt Flyby Target NASA has selected the potential next destination for the New Horizons mission to visit after its historic July 14 flyby of the Pluto system. The destination is a small Kuiper Belt object (KBO) known as 2014 MU69 that orbits nearly a billion miles beyond Pluto. Read more __________________

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Date: Mar 17 23:40 2015

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#AfterPluto @NASANewHorizons targets released! Two KBO to chose from: 2014 MU69 (aka PT1) or 2014 PN70 (aka PY3) Porter&CobLPSC2015 NASA's Dawn Mission (@NASA_Dawn) March 17, 2015 __________________

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Date: Oct 15 17:43 2014

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These objects are roughly 4 billion miles from Earth at the time of observation. Read more __________________

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Date: Oct 15 17:37 2014

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Potential Kuiper Belt Target for New Horizons Pluto Mission Read more __________________

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